Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] at this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very embarrassing and I was shocked at this behaviour from a person I had thought of as kind of shy and introverted . ’ |
| 2 | The only other Hurricane of which I was aware at this time was flown by Hamish Hamilton , which was ahead and to my left . |
| 3 | Needless to say I was staggered at this result . |
| 4 | ( I was glad at this time to remember that a woman in our own suburb had said to her once , ‘ I think you are the most attractive girl in the village ! ’ ) |
| 5 | I was useless at this job … . ’ |
| 6 | I hope you 're good at this Doctor . |
| 7 | You 're good at this book are n't you Tim ? |
| 8 | We were astounded at this wealth . |
| 9 | Pakistanis are used to politicians behaving badly ; but even they are shocked at this week 's outbreak of trickery and thuggery . |
| 10 | He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’ |
| 11 | Pro provided they 're relevant at this level . |
| 12 | If they were successful at this stage , they would then have to find the fee . |
| 13 | They were prepared to compromise because they I 'm sure that you know you ca n't imagine them not being really but because they 're such erm they were outraged at this machine but they were prepared to give it a try but the way it was bulldozed through that once the machine was there there was no choice then and almost you know get going boys get more and more and more slate you know greed they felt the employer was being greedy at the expense of quality . |
| 14 | I think historically although you know historians can much better than me , erm historically maybe the way that the rock has been worked with a bagging system and it was you know and lots of quarry men had little bits of farm as well around Blaenau especially and you get a feeling er from reading about it that er you know they have a an almost self employed attitude to their to their work and their rock and the fact that er they 'd do it in their own you know wor work the rock in a certain way and this and very sort of proud erm of their work and that and From talking a lot to them and being close to you know it you feel that that that 's still very much the same really you know there is this sort of close relationship and that with their em employers there was you know a lot of you know was n't it was n't straight it as straight as you said a straight employer employee relationship that they was A lot of s sort of er give and take probably and I think they were outraged at this sort of McGregor type tactic really that you know this new machine . |
| 15 | But for the mechanical hospital bed , she might have been in a first-class hotel : the sitting room was agreeably furnished in eau-de-Nil , the bedroom in old rose ; the interconnecting rooms faced the sea over lawns and flower beds , though they were bleak at this time of the year . |
| 16 | Er , a particular concern at the time of writing the report was the position concerning the long outstanding proposals to develop to redevelop the two sites in Harlow erm to date we have no information from the county , er , there was scheduled to be erm , the meeting due to take place on the twenty second of September but the county er cancelled that meeting so it 's impossible at this stage to give any further comment on that erm although I believe that matter 's being taken up . |
| 17 | It is appropriate at this stage , having considered the formation and structure of both a partnership and a company , to compare and contrast these two business structures . |
| 18 | It is appropriate at this stage to offer some clarification in relation to the Catholic understanding of the terms Religious Education and Moral Education . |
| 19 | It is appropriate at this point to consider the alternative system of coordinates defined by . |
| 20 | The penultimate chapter in this book will be concerned with arriving at generalisations about the functioning and effectiveness of the project as a whole , but it is appropriate at this point to identify a number of interesting features of the Major Project as illustrated by these two schools , and to indicate some issues that require further thought . |
| 21 | It is appropriate at this point to discuss the possible " program 's of stress or strain application . |
| 22 | It is appropriate at this point to digress for a moment on the subject of the faunistic changes that took place at the end of the Palaeozoic . |
| 23 | Before describing and assessing the binomial and Black and Scholes option pricing models it is appropriate at this point to examine the factors which are expected to influence option premiums and in the next section to have a brief look at the various investment strategies that may be created with options and securities . |
| 24 | Investment business While a summary of the Solicitors ' Investment Business Rules 1990 may be found in Chapter 12 , it is appropriate at this point to note that every firm which carries on investment business within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 is required to be authorised either through a Self-Regulating Organisation ( SRO ) such as FIMBRA or through a Recognised Professional Body ( RPB ) or directly from the Securities and Investments Board . |
| 25 | It is essential at this point to try to understand what is happening to Burton since so much of his public life flows from the tensions between Hollywood and the English stage , between money and art , as it was thought , between philandering and fidelity , between a public and a private life . |
| 26 | Nor do I think that it is necessary at this stage . |
| 27 | Wishful thinking though this may be , it is necessary at this point to examine the foundations for an enduring tradition associating Handel with an instrument by Ruckers . |
| 28 | It is unclear at this stage if direct comparison can be made with Behrensmeyer 's weathering categories , applied as they are to large mammal weathering in tropical climates , but as a provisional estimate these changes will be attributed to her stage 2 . |
| 29 | As this meeting is in camera it is allowable at this stage to point out that certain elements in this family , being of — er — immigrant origin , ah , have a totally different conception of the role of a daughter in a family and of parental rights , and while doing all they could to respect the traditions of minority ethnic groups , and in particular the rather dominant role of the father in such societies , in the last resort it was with the protection of a minor that the Council was concerned according to the law of this country . |
| 30 | It is useful at this stage to indicate that guarantors and indemnifiers are of two types , those who act as such at the request of the customer and those who were not requested by the customer to do so . |